“Professional Patient” Tip: In Order to Use It, You Need to Own It.

How many times have I woke up and decided that today is the day that I am going to start off on the right foot and wear sun block. Although I wake up with the best of intentions, I soon learn the seemingly obvious lesson that "if you don't own it, you can't use it". I start off by looking through my

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Simple acronyms for those in NA, AA or other 12 step program

Simple acronyms for those in NA, AA or other 12 step program

For those in NA, AA or any other 12 step program, these simple acronyms can be helpful when you need a reminder to "stay the course". If you have any more to add, please feel free to comment on this article. AA Achieving Adulthood ACTION Any Change To Improve Our Nature BIG BOOK Believ

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Travel Tips for the Chronically Ill or Disabled

Travel Tips for the Chronically Ill or Disabled

Even if you no longer go on vacations, there may be times you must travel for business or to attend family events. Leaving home for any reason, especially when traveling by airplane, requires careful planning as we are required to bring more items from home and need to fit them into less luggage.

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Kissing is Good For You!

Kissing is Good For You!

Kissing helps prevent tooth decay (better than brushing your teeth?) Dr. Peter Gorden, Dental Advisor at the British Dental Association, explains. “After eating, your mouth is full of sugar solution and acidic saliva, which cause plaque build up. Kissing is nature's own cleaning process”, he add

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Tips for Traveling with a Chronic Illness!

What is one of the most stressful things to do during the holidays? Travel!!! Most of us have more than one place to be this holiday season, whether it's traveling between in-laws or traveling between family members, it's still the stress of having to pack up the car and the kids and traveling as lo

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Tips for the chronically Ill: Writing thank you notes

After a recent party, I had to tackle the task of writing thank you notes. I know I always like to receive thank you notes, since they brighten up a dreary day. Likewise, I am a grateful person and want to show appreciation for any gift or favor I receive, but there are times, due to fatigue, hand p

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Tips on Meal Planning with Fibromyalgia

The other day I was easily preparing dinner in the kitchen for my children and my sister and her children. My five year old nephew was sitting at the table very anxiously awaiting our chicken fettuccine meal and assuring me that this was going to be a very good dinner. He was clearly excited. I w

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Cut Down on Stress :Tips for Dealing with Phone Calls

Sometimes when you are in frequent chronic pain, you cannot avoid making those annoying phone calls to business or big corporations with large call centers, like insurance or credit card companies. After working in a call center environment for fourteen years and having daily chronic pain due to mig

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Sleep- Not Always Easy to Get

August is "Good Night, Sleep Right" month at ButYouDontLookSick.com! As many of us know sleep can often be a dream in itself when you’re lying in bed at night wide eyed and frustrated, unable to fall asleep. With many chronic illnesses and many medications comes the dreaded insomnia, but although

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Heathy Eating Month: Canned Foods: Healthy?!

Sometimes there are times in life that we’re too busy, too sick, too tired, or too over-worked to stop at the grocery and get fresh food. What happens when we’re stuck in the house with no fresh food to eat? Worse: what happens when you have to feed others with the bare minimum of food in the ho

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